A Special TADA Court on Thursday sentenced two convicts to death, gangster Abu Salem Ansari and another to life terms and one more to 10 years jail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Special Judge G.A. Sanap pronounced the death verdict on Mohammed Taher Merchant and Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan for their role in the blasts, said Special Public Prosecutor Deepak Salve.
Besides Salem, the Special Court sent Karimullah Khan to jail for life and fifth convict, Riyaz Siddiqui to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. The Special Judge also slapped varying amounts of fines on the convicts after finding them guilty on various charges, including murder, hatching a criminal conspiracy to carry out the blasts, waging a war against the nation, supplying arms and ammunition, and other serious offences, Salve told media persons after the ruling. 
All the six accused, including Mustafa Dossa, were earlier pronounced guilty by the Special Court on June 16. However Dossa, 60, died of a heart attack on June 28.

A Special TADA Court on Thursday sentenced two convicts to death, gangster Abu Salem Ansari and another to life terms and one more to 10 years jail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Special Judge G.A. Sanap pronounced the death verdict on Mohammed Taher Merchant and Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan for their role in the blasts, said Special Public Prosecutor Deepak Salve.
Besides Salem, the Special Court sent Karimullah Khan to jail for life and fifth convict, Riyaz Siddiqui to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. The Special Judge also slapped varying amounts of fines on the convicts after finding them guilty on various charges, including murder, hatching a criminal conspiracy to carry out the blasts, waging a war against the nation, supplying arms and ammunition, and other serious offences, Salve told media persons after the ruling. 
All the six accused, including Mustafa Dossa, were earlier pronounced guilty by the Special Court on June 16. However Dossa, 60, died of a heart attack on June 28.